'Zeta-Jones should be flattered'

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A spokesman for a Nevada topless club being sued by Catherine
Zeta-Jones said today the actress should be flattered the club used
her image for advertising and promotion.

Jones is suing The Spice House, which bills itself as "Reno's
friendliest topless cabaret," and its owner, Wesglow Resources, for
displaying her picture on "numerous pages" of its Web site without
her permission, according to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles.

A designer for the club's Web site downloaded pictures of
Zeta-Jones from a German Web site that offered "royalty-free
graphics," said Kent Wallace, the club's marketing director.

"It was an image of a beautiful woman," Wallace said. "We had no
idea it was Catherine Zeta-Jones; one wouldn't think (her image)
would appear in a free graphics Web site."

"She should have been flattered, as far as I'm concerned,"
Wallace said.

Wallace said the club immediately took down Zeta-Jones' images
when it was contacted by her attorney, and called the lawsuit
"frivolous." He said the club hasn't retained a lawyer yet, but
planned to ask a judge to dismiss the suit.

The star of Chicago and Intolerable Cruelty
seeks unspecified damages and an order barring further use of her
likeness.